Philosophy audiobooks

The End is Always Near

By: Dan Carlin

Narrated by: Dan Carlin

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apocalyptic moments from the past as a way to frame the challenges of the future.Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? No... Read more

Living with the Devil

By: Stephen Batchelor

Narrated by: Stephen Batchelor

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Batchelor's seminal work on humanity's struggle between good and evil In the national bestseller Living with the Devil, Batchelor traces the trajectory from the words of the Buddha and Christ, through the writings of Shantideva, Milton, and Pascal, to the poetry of Baudelaire, the fiction of Kafka, and the findings of modern physics and... Read more

The Divine Within

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Brave New World author Aldous Huxley on enlightenment and the "ultimate reality."



In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Huxley discusses the nature of God, enlightenment, being, good and evil, religion, eternity, and the divine. Huxley consistently examined the spiritual basis of both the individual and human society, always... Read more

عودة الوعي - Abridged

By: توفيق الحكيم

Narrated by: عادل بو حسون

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"عودة الوعي" هي ليست مذكرات توفيق الحكيم مع الثورة وإنما هي مذكرات الثورة ذات نفسها. هذا الكتاب هو سرد لأحداث ثورة يوليو وما حدث في أعقابها في الفترة ما بين عام 1952 _1972. حيث يتحدث الحكيم الذي كان وقتها مديراً لدار الكتب المصرية عن يوم الأربعاء الثالث و العشرين من يوليو 1952 و عن ماعرف بحركة الضباط الأحرار وقتها و التى أجبرت فاروق على التنازل... Read more

Stop Being Reasonable

By: Eleanor Gordon-Smith

Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A thought-provoking exploration of how people really change their minds, and how persuasion is possible.

In Stop Being Reasonable, Eleanor Gordon-Smith weaves a narrative that illustrates the limits of human reason.

Here, she tells the stories of people who have radically altered their beliefs--from the woman who had to reckon with her husband's... Read more

In Defense of Open Society

By: George Soros

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

An impassioned defense of open society, academic and media freedom, and human rights.
George Soros -- universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics, and investment success--has been under sustained attack from the far right, nationalists, and anti-Semites in the United States and around the world because of his commitment to open... Read more

The Emerald Tablet 101

By: Matthew Barnes

Narrated by: Kara Jackman

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The mind-expanding wisdom of the Emerald Tablet, simplified! The Emerald Tablet is an Ancient Egyptian work written by Hermes Trismegistus that is believed to represent a step-by-step instruction manual for the Alchemical process of turning ordinary metals like lead into something much more valuable, like gold.The manual consists of fourteen... Read more

STOICISM - EUDAIMONIA: A Guide For The Uninitiated

By: Quinto Greco

Narrated by: Mathew Pietri

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

IN A WORLD THAT SEEMS TO HAVE LOST ITS ETHICAL COMPASS, WHERE TRADITIONAL VALUES ARE ERODED BY MODERN CHAOS, THE TEACHINGS OF THE ANCIENT STOICS OFFER A STEADFAST GUIDE TO RECLAIMING PURPOSE, STRENGTH, AND INTEGRITY.Crafted for the man who values discipline, structure, and ancient wisdom, this short and concise guide draws on the profound... Read more

ESSENTIAL STOIC: Eudaimonia & Essentialism (II in I)

By: Quinto Greco

Narrated by: Mathew Pietri

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

ENJOY THIS CONTENT STOIC ASPIRANT!In this Bundle you will get all the basic principles of Eudaimonia - Stoicism for the Uninitiated and those principle applied into a lifestyle that we can call Essentialism. Both Stoicim and Essentialism are in my opinion closely related, both disciplines praise the art of the simple life. It may take a while to... Read more

From What Is to What If

By: Rob Hopkins

Narrated by: Rob Hopkins

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“Big ideas that just might save the world”—The Guardian The founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it's more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it. In these times of deep division and deeper despair, if there is... Read more

Filosofía para principiantes

By: Timo Kaschner

Narrated by: Juliana Velez

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Filosofía para principiantes: Introducción a la filosofía - historia y significado, direcciones filosóficas básicas y métodosSobre el sentido de la vida y del hombre¿Te interesa la filosofía?¿Conoces a los grandes pensadores filosóficos y qué filosofías representan?¿Sabes en que se diferencian las diversas direcciones filosóficas básicas?Aprende... Read more

Outgrowing God

By: Richard Dawkins

Narrated by: Richard Dawkins

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t.

Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. 

Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution... Read more

The Tao Te Ching

By: Joseph Lumpkin & Lao Tzu

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The Tao Te Ching was written by a man referred to as Lao Tzu. The unknown author’s name means both "the old philosopher" and "the old philosophy." Hence Lao Tzu may also be the title for the book or the name or title of the author.Lao Tzu lived in ancient China and was the keeper of the Imperial Library. Legends tell us he was famous for his... Read more

Living Neverland

By: Wendell Charles Ne Smith

Narrated by: Wendell Charles Ne Smith

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Wendell battles to the heart of all of the problems in society and teaches his lost children how to defeat Hook and his evil mind controlling pirates. Each wrinkle infused into our skin paints a picture into our past and the actions of our present then directs the shape of their future. A frown will eventually infuse into old age and the... Read more

Stillness Is the Key

By: Ryan Holiday

Narrated by: Ryan Holiday

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller & Wall Street Journal Bestseller

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist... Read more

The Positive Psychology of Synchronicity

By: Chris Mackey

Narrated by: Chris Mackey

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO USING SYNCHRONICITY TO PROMOTE WELLBEING Synchronicity: the phenomenon of experiencing a striking and meaningful coincidence that connects our inner and outer worlds. Synchronicity can act as a guide along our life path, helping us through challenging times, restoring self-belief and awakening a deeper understanding of... Read more

Nonconformity

By: Nelson Algren

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The struggle to write with deep emotion is the subject of this extraordinary book, the previously unpublished credo of one of America’s greatest twentieth-century writers.“You don’t write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich,” writes Nelson Algren in his only longer work of nonfiction, adding:... Read more

Discourse on Metaphysics, On the Ultimate Origin of Things and Other Principal Essays

By: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This Leibniz collection contains some of the philosopher's most important works and ideas, spans three decades and illuminates the fascinating intellectual journey undertaken by him in his quest for truth.

A prodigious polymath, Leibniz was a mathematician, philosopher, physicist and statesman and engaged with a sweeping range of ideas and... Read more

Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius

Narrated by: Richard Armitage

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Armitage, star of Peter Jackson'sThe Hobbit trilogy and also known for his roles in Ocean's 8 and Spooks. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Diskin Clay.

Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations has become a key... Read more

The Prince

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Narrated by: Simon Callow

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Simon Callow, actor and director, known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, and the BBC adaptation of A Christmas Carol.


As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall.... Read more

Letters from a Stoic

By: Seneca

Narrated by: Julian Glover

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Julian Glover, Olivier Award winning actor, also known for his roles in Game of Thrones and Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Robin Campbell.


A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in... Read more

The Book of Tea

By: Kakuzo Okakura

Narrated by: Sadao Ueda

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin

This Penguin Classic is performed by Japanese actor Sadao Ueda, known for his appearances in Spectre, London has Fallen and What We Did on Our Holiday.


For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life:... Read more

The Communist Manifesto

By: Friedrich Engels & Karl Marx

Narrated by: Arinze Kene

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Arinzé Kene, writer and performer of Olivier Award nominated Misty, and also known for his roles in Youngers, Informer and Eastenders. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones.


The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons... Read more

The Great Awakening

By: Wendell Charles Ne Smith

Narrated by: Wendell Charles Ne Smith

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A time like no other is upon us as artificial intelligence grows. The time will soon come where humanioid robots roam among us that are indistiguishable from a human. The time for warning bells is now as we leap into the ethical ramifications of such development as well as the sociological impact such involvements will result. We must be ready... Read more